Recent content by kurt454

Cool. Didn't know that would work.

From what I am reading Windows 10 rtm will only activate as an upgrade install over a legitimately activated install of Windows 7, 8.1, or an earlier Insider Preview build. And it's activation is cloud based (No product key required). Once it is properly activated I believe you can then do a...

First OS I played around extensively with was Windows 3.1. First PC I ever purchased had Win 95 OSR2. Don't really have a favorite OS, but I was fond of Win 2000 back in its day.

That is what I would like to know as well. Does it automatically filter out everything but the primary software that you are attempting to install, or does it just automatically uncheck boxes for you on custom installs? If it is the latter then it won't be quite as useful to me.

I noticed in their video showing how this works, they show a person choosing custom installation rather than a standard installation. The problem here is that the computers that I am always having to fix belong to users who don't bother to click on the custom install option. Sounds like a great...

Probably just more difficult to pirate Win 8 than it was to pirate XP/Vista/ 7. They need to develop their own Linux distro.

I just bought a Galaxy 660 Ti that I will give to my brother if were to get a 670. Great bang for the buck with Galaxy.

Never had any problems running a Galaxy!

I could be wrong here, but I don't think that upgrade licenses are locked to the first motherboard. However, if MS stops the double-install trick, you would have to first install a valid MS operating system on the new hardware before you could upgrade it back to Win 8.

Yes you can still do that with Windows 7, Win 8 is a different story.

Daily. I shutdown at night or when I am going to be away from home for something like 8 hours or more.

1-15-2013 is the expiration date of the preview release.

I remember people saying "Windows 98SE forever" even after XP had been out for years. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I always went for the upgrade retail versions since MS allows clean installs with well known "tricks." Last time I bought OEM was an XP Home Edition license, and I installed that thing on many different computers (not at the same time) without ever having any activation issues. I am waiting to...

How about when MS quits supplying critical security updates early in 2014? I can see a good reason for finding Win 8 distasteful, but Win 7 is fantastic -- plus 7 will still receive critical updates until 2020.